Sloth - part 1What is Sloth and how do we overcome it?One of the 7 deadly sins, it is a slackness or relaxation of the soul.It is a spiritual lack of energy and enthusiasm revealed as:Sadness, despondency, acedia, laziness, a lack of endurance or perseverance"Busyness"- where someone cannot finish what they started, but rather, jumps from one task to another, lacking focus, changing tasks frequently due to fatigue, listlessness or instability.Sadness - shown in self-pity, feeling like the world is against you, irritability, overly sensitive, dissatisfied, and inclined to overreacting resulting in a downcast spiritAcedia - is a lack of care, and apathy showing up in a lack of contempt for work, a sense of entitlement, a feeling of deserving better or more, expecting things to be easy resulting in a lack of desire to help others while readily excepting other's help. having a predisposition to escapism, daydreaming, fantasy and the likeBusyness - it is exactly that. Taking on too much, rushing into the next new thing or trend, hurrying to figure things out and arrange everything to fit your needs, impatience, a lack of focus leading to an inability to be intentional in our relationship with God, and overcommitting to doing more to mask our insecurity in allowing God to be in control and seeking His will before acting.Exodus90 - Exodus 90 is a ninety-day spiritual exercise for men based on three pillars: prayer, asceticism, and fraternity. Check on their 40-Day Lenten program or any of their other studies and plans. Thank you for reading Sons of Joseph. This post is public so feel free to share it. Subscribe at sonsofjoseph.substack.com